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On Wednesday, the OECD said that UK interest rates, which currently stand at 4.75%, are expected to fall back to 3.5% by early 2026. It said that this was partly due to higher than expected inflation.
Economists had predicted government borrowing to be around £13bn for November, meaning the actual figure of £11.2bn was lower than expected, and £3.4bn lower than the same month last year.
UK interest rates will fall more slowly than expected following the tax rises, spending hikes and increased borrowing Rachel Reeves announced in her autumn Budget, an influential report has warned ...
Borrowing rates, set by the Bank of England, will sink to 2.75 per cent by the end of next year, Goldman predicts, suggesting a faster fall than borrowers and lenders have forecast.
The UK's rate of inflation was predicted to fall to 2.9% by the end of 2023, down from 10.7% in the final three months of 2022, while underlying debt was forecast to be 92.4% of GDP in 2023, rising to 93.7% in 2024. [14] [15] Government borrowing for 2022–23 was forecast to be £152bn. [16]
The Bank of England has voted against a further cut to interest rates, after the latest UK ... “The policy rate forecast in this report implies that the policy rate will remain at 4.5% to the ...
UK Government borrowing was forecast to fall from 4.5% of GDP in 2023–24 to 3% in 2024–25, followed by 2.7% in 2025–26, 2.3% in 2026–27, 1.6% in 2027–28 and 1.1% in 2028–29. [ 19 ] Addressing the House of Commons , Hunt said his autumn statement would contain 110 growth measures, with the government having "taken difficult decisions ...
The national debt servicing cost is 50% more than the £5.1bn forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility. Interest spikes UK debt to record £7.6bn in May Skip to main content